ER Falls to Walker Valley in Jamboree

Walker Valley scored twice on two big plays to hand East Ridge a 14-0 loss in the Jamboree at Finley Stadium Saturday night.

The Pioneers’ opening drive was impressive, but they were forced to punt after a third-down sack.

Lorenzo Stewart had a 17-yard run for East Ridge while John Joffre had a pass reception good for 15 yards.

Coach Tracy Malone, whose team has numerous first-year starters, said he believed the team was a little nervous. Coach Malone noted that the offensive line blocked well but the Pioneers were hampered by six bad snaps during the quarter of action.

East Ridge opens the season on Aug. 21, as the Pioneers travel to Polk County for a non-district game. Kickoff is at 7:30 p.m.

The home opener will be with Signal Mountain on Sept. 4. Game time is 7 p.m.

About Dick Cook

Dick Cook has lived in East Ridge since the Kennedy Administration when his parents bought a house on Marietta Street. Dick graduated from ERHS in 1976 before going on to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where he studied Political Science. Dick worked for the Chattanooga Free-Press and the Chattanooga Times Free Press for 22 years. Free-Press Sports Editor Roy Exum plucked him out of production in 1989 and gave him a job as a sports reporter. Dick covered everything from prep sports to the whitewater events on the Ocoee River for the 1996 Olympics. When Chattanooga's two paper's merged, he became the Crime Reporter covering both the Chattanooga Police and Fire Departments. He was among reporters who were honored by the Associated Press for the TFP's coverage of the 2002 fog-shrouded crash on I-75 in Catoosa County, Dick and his wife, Cathy, live on Marlboro Avenue where they are seen frequently chasing around their three grandsons.